Good morning. Thank heavens for Heather Watson. And thank heavens to the heavens for not opening up yesterday, although we may not be so lucky today. To adopt my Michael Fish stance for a brief moment, there's a 70% chance of rain this afternoon; thank heavens for the Centre Court roof. It wasn't a great day for the Brits yesterday – is it ever? - and Watson's maiden 6-2, 6-1 victory over Iveta Benesova salvaged some pride. Otherwise it was disappointment all round for the home players, although Oli Golding could take plenty of positives even in defeat to Igor Andreev. He had a glorious chance to take a 2-1 lead in sets, only to double-fault on set point, eventually succumbing in four. The most galling aspect was that blip aside, he served magnificently, hit his forehand viciously and mostly kept his nerve – although he'll need to curb some of his strops. Teenagers, eh? One to watch though. Elsewhere Josh Goodall and Naomi Broady exited immediately, but keep an eye out for Johanna Konta, who returns to action against the No28 seed Christine McHale after their match was suspended due to bad light. Twice Konta broke when McHale was serving for the match; the score is delicately poised at 6-2, 6-7, 7-7. Is an Isner-Mahut on the cards? Perhaps not.

So this could yet be a famous day for British tennis. First up is Laura Robson against the former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone. The Italian's form has slipped of late though and Robson, who was beaten by Maria Sharapova in the second round last year, will be confident of progresssing. Jamie Baker is also in action on Court One. He takes on three-times Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick, and may tentatively feel he can spring a surprise against the 30th seed. Unlikely though. As ever, then, we look to Andy Murray who has a tricky draw against dangerous floater Nikolay Davydenko, a one-time world No3 but now the world No47. Murray should go through, but if he's off his game, he could be in for a nerve-wracking match.

He's last up on Centre Court. Before him the women's champion Petra Kvitova takes on Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan, before the great Rafael Nadal opens his campaign. Today's designated punchbag is Thomaz Bellucci. Away from Centre, there are plenty of intriguing matches to hold your attention throughout the day. Today could herald a passing of the torch in Australian tennis, the stage set for Lleyton Hewitt to pass the crown on to young Bernard Tomic. It's 10 years since Hewitt beat David Nalbandian in the final here. How times have changed. Now he could be out in the first round – it's a daunting match against No5 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for him. As for Tomic, who we are obliged to refer to as "one of the true characters on the game", he takes on the talented Belgian David Goffin. Meanwhile over on Court Three, there's going to be some Lov lost - heh heh! - as Alex Bogomolov Jr meets Alexandr Dolgopolov. It's the match absolutely no one is calling The Lov Affair.

Play is set to begin at: 11.30pm BST.

11.22am: Our <a href="">nifty IBM slamtracker tool informs me that Bernard Tomic is going to have to win more than 36% of first serve return points against David Goffin.

11.24am: "Enjoy your day but keep your fingers crossed," announces the public announcer. Showers are forecast for 2pm. Bring on the wall roof.

11.28am: Was yesterday the last time we'll see Venus Williams at Wimbledon? Well beaten by Elena Vesnina, it was the first time she had gone out in the first round here. Her sister, Serena, will be hoping for better against Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, which takes place after the Tomic-Goffin match.""> The key for Serena could be to dominate the short rallies. Over on Court Three, Laura Robson's match against Francesca Schiavone is about to get underway. You can follow that here with Marcus Christenson.

11.41am: A former child actor, Oli Golding was quite the showman yesterday. He ran the full gamut of emotions during his defeat to Igor Andreev and the tigher the match became, the more irritable he got. He's a tetchy kid and struggled to keep his temper in check during his more difficult moments. Indeed after losing one point he smashed a ball up into the air, and it landed not too far away from the unwitting Andreev. Then when he lost the third set, he picked up the ball and nearly smashed it into the crowd before thinking better of it. He kicked balls, he threw his racket to the floor and he screamed in frustration - teenagers.

If he ever does become a star though, how about renaming Henman's Hill ... wait for it ... Golding's Green?

11.46am: His nike-emblazoned bandana in place, Bernard Tomic gets things going against David Goffin, who's presumably been swotting up on his opponent. This could be an excellent match and Tomic looks to be in fine fettle, his forehand purring early on. There's not a great deal to report elsewhere but I note that Feliciano Lopez and Jarko Niemenen, who both beat Tim Henman here in his dotage, are in action over on Court 18. Can anyone vouch for Judy Murray's current whereabouts?

11.50am: A strange scene down on Court Two where there's a break in play while Laura Robson has a logo cut off her shirt. Apparently it was too big. A logo? Too big? Uefa wouldn't approve.

11.53am: The loss of the logo hasn't hurt Robson at all - she's already a break up against Schiavone, the 24th seed, and leads 3-1 in the first set. Bernard Tomic is also in sparkling form early on against David Goffin, who clearly hasn't been swotting up on his Aussie foe enough. It's a high-quality game but Tomic's forehand is proving pivotal at the moment and an early break in the first set has him in a commanding 3-0 lead.

12.04pm: Well, well, well. Tomic isn't going to have this all his own way and a loose game from him sees Goffin break back afte a loose backhand from the Australian. It's 3-2 on serve in the first set. This one could go the distance. In the Lov-off, it's advantage Ukraine, Alexandr Dologopolov 5-3 up over Russia's Alex Bogomolov and serving for the set. Elsewhere it's nip and tuck with few players able to eke out any advantage in these early stages, eyeing each other up nervously like teens at a school disco. No such problems for Laura Robson though, because she's just stormed to the first set against Francesca Schiavone, winning it 6-2. Magnificent stuff from the young Brit there. Could this be our year? Could it? COULD IT?!?!?!?!!??!?!

12.16pm: Just when Goffin thought he was back in, Tomic boots him back out. He was unable to push on after breaking Tomic and no sooner had he got back into it at 3-2 was he suddenly 5-2 down. Tomic has a rocket of a forehand and it's proving too hot to handle so far. He gave Novak Djokovic quite a scare in last year's quarter-final. The sky's the limit for this kid, although he's going to have to serve for the first set at 5-3, Goffin surviving a set point and battling hard to hang in there, a timely ace coming in most handy. Meanwhile Dolgopolov has taken the first set 6-3 against Alex Bogomolov Jr.

12.17pm: Some housekeeping as we dart around the courts like a manic host at a dinner party. On Court Nine, Jesse Levine of the US of A has won the first set 6-4 against Slovakia's Karol Beck. WHAT SORT OF NAME IS KAROL FOR A MAN, THESE BLOODY FOREIGNERS, COMING OVER HERE, PLAYING ON OUR COURTS Alexsandra Wozniaki is a set up against Vera Dushevina and Kiki Bertens is causing a stir against the No19 seed Lucie Safarova after winning the first set 6-3. And she leads 3-0 in the second set.

12.21pm: There we go. All Goffin did was delay the inevitable and Bernard Tomic has won the first set 6-3. Our nifty Slamtracker, courtesy of the good people over at IBM, informs me that Tomic got an impressive 81% of first serves in compared to a measly 60% from Goffin. They did tell us he needed to win more than 72% of points on his first serve though, but he got 2% less than that and still won the set. Is there no obstacle Tomic can't overcome?

12.28pm: Our man on Court Two, sends this missive.

guardian.co.uk

David Goffin, the Belgian much lauded after taking a set off Federer at the French struggling against Bernard Tomic. First set 6-3 Tomic. The boy Goffin, who looks only slightly older than the ballboy behind him, can't yet deal with Tomic's forehand. Just held his first service game in the second set though. Slipped in the second game. Has small cut at the top of his shin. Looking at it distractedly."

Saying that, it's all Goffin at the start of the second: he's only gone and broken to lead 2-0.

12.32pm: Bad news for Judy Murray: Feliciano Lopez has lost a first-set tie-break against Jarko Niemenen. 7-6 to the Finn. Mardy Fish, who really should have a better record on grass, has also won a tie-break against Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo. But the big story this lunchtime is an astonishing performance from the world No74 Kiki Bertens, who also had a rare old time in Paris. Having won the first set against the No19 seed Lucie Safarova, she's only gone and won the second set 6-0! A bagel! What a turn-up that is. Hurrah for the Netherlands! The summer's not a total wash-out for the Dutch after all. Now they just need Robin Hasse to beat DelPo later. Easy.

12.42pm: "I find it morally wrong for you to say keep these foreigners off our courts," says C Johnson, on whom there are no flies.

12.45pm: A tweet from the official Wimbledon: "Breaking celebrity lunch news! We've just spotted @GregRusedski1 in the canteen. He went for the salmon." Poor form there from the Guardian columnist, who should really be eating mung beans and lentils, or something soy-based.

12.47pm: Once again, Goffin's advantage didn't last long. It's back on serve in the second set, Tomic serving at 2-3 down. Bad newsfor British fans too, because Laura Robson has been broken by Schiavone. It's 4-3 in the second set. David Cameron to declare war on Italy posthaste.

12.53pm: A frisson of excitement on Court Three where the young Belgian David Goffin has taken a firm grip on the second set, overcoming the disappointment of throwing away an early break to take a 5-2 lead. This is a lovely match, possibly the best of the first round, both Goffin and Tomic playing some great tennis. They're evenly matched and some of the shot-making takes the breath away, although thankfully only for a moment, because I need oxygen to live.

12.57pm: While my eyes are glued to the Tomic-Goffin tussle, Francesca Schiavone has levelled it up against Laura Robson. Dang! Blast!

12.58pm: D-Lov is two sets up against B-Lov over on Court Seven. It's 6-3, 6-4, 1-1.

12.59pm: "Game and second set ... Goffin!" Oh I say! Nerveless from the young Belgian as he comes up with a love game when he was serving for the set, sealing it with a cracking ace. It's one set all and Bernard Tomic has a job on his hands here. A truly excellent match unfolding here and it would take a braver man than me, maybe John Terry, to predict which way it's going to go. "Goffin stays resolute...attacking Tomic's backhand and running him from side to side," says Hugh Muir, who's courtside for us. "Meanwhile Tomic goes languid, making more errors. Goffin dictates from back and mid court to take second set. Ends with an ace out wide. 6-3."

1.05pm: It was all going so well for Laura Robson, but having lost the second set, she's dropped serve at the start of the third to Schiavone. Ah well. Another dream, crushed. A quick look at the IBM Slamtracker tells me that David Goffin won 85% of points on his first serve to Tomic's 60% in the first set. You do the math.

1.14pm: More from the redoubtable Hugh Muir: "Tomic on losing serve first game third set whacks racquet twice into grass as he sits down. Warning - unsportsmanlike conduct. Who needs Nalbandian?"

1.17pm: Judy Murray will be pleased to learn that Feliciano Lopez has won the second set against Jarko Niemenen. I saw Lopez in a hotel in Valencia last year. A handsome fan. I felt quite inferior and it's not often that happens, let me tell you.

1.19pm: A terrible start for the Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova over on Centre Court: she's 3-0 down against Akgul Amanmuradova. State of the women's game. I was on Centre for Sharapova's match yesterday. Admittedly feeble opposition, but she was in fantastic form and will take some beating on that evidence.

1.21pm: After a game of around 582 deuces, David Goffin hangs on to his serve to take a 2-0 lead over Bernard Tomic at the start of the third set. What a grind. An engrossing grind, mind you. Thoroughly captivating and the young Belgian is on top. At this rate, Aussie hopes will rest on the shoulders of Lleyton Hewitt again.

1.29pm: Mardy Fish is on his way, two sets up against Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo. Not having it all your way now, Spain! Tiki-taka your way out of this pickle. Meanwhile Kvitova is looking anything but a champion over on Centre Court, where Amanmuradova leads her 4-2 in the first set. We have a result down on Court 16 too, Brian Baker beating Portugal's Rui Patricio 7-6, 6-4, 6-0. Oh dear. I think the toys might have been chucked out of the pram there.

1.35pm: The mark of a champ: Kvitova has broken back and it's now 4-3 on serve. On Court 14, Kei Nishikori of Japan is very much in control against Kazahkstan's Mikhail Kukushkin - leave the Borat jokes at the door please - and leads 7-5, 6-3, 3-1.

1.38pm: There's that British bulldog spirit from lia's Laura Robson! With Francesca Schiavone serving for the match at 5-2, the Italian helpfully does an Oli Golding and double-faults on break point to make it 5-3. What a comeback this would be, but Robson still has plenty to do. The IBM slamtracker told us that Robson needed to win more than 20% of break points - she's got 40%, but it may not be enough.

1.42pm: The Lov-off is over and Alexandr Dolgopolov has triumphed over Alex Bogomolov Jr 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. Nicolas Mahut is also through - but not for a meeting with John Isner of course - after winning in five sets against Paolo Lorenzi. Aleksandra Wozniak has beaten Vera Dushevina 6-2, 7-5.

1.46pm: Bernard Tomic is in trouble now because more big serving from David Goffin has seen him win the third set 6-4. The Belgian lost the first set but has been in dazzling form since then.

1.49pm: Brit down! Another brave defeat, Laura Robson crashing out at the hands of the wily Francesca Schiavone. Oh dear. It all started so well, Robson sprinting away with the first set, but she crumbled from there, going down 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. The serving in that match was particularly miserable, Robson throwing in eight doubles and Schiavone nine. Thanks IBM Slamtracker! Heather Watson remains the only British player to have won at this year's Wimbledon then. Don't even think about it, Andy. Don't you dare.

1.53pm: This blog will take a short intermission while I go off in search of the champagne bar some food. But before I nip off, here's Hugh Muir: "Tomic strangely one paced. Goffin dominating - his forehand to tomics backhand. Tomic sends backhand return skewing out to lose third set 6-4. The Australian needs a jump start." And also allow me to tell you that Petra Kvitova is over her early wobble and leads Akgul Amanmuradova 6-4, 2-0.

2.14pm: Still on serve in the early Tsonga-Hewitt skirmishes, with the Frenchman leading 2-1 in the first. Elsewhere, the Tomic meltdown continues apace: Goffin is serving for a place in the second round at 5-4 in the fourth.

2.16pm: Esther Addley has been in the queue, checking the mood of the punters waiting to see Andy Murray in action, and finding what there is to enjoy at Wimbledon apart from the tennis.

2.20pm: And there it is: David Goffin wraps up victory over the No20 seed, Bernard Tomic. Elsewhere, on Centre, Petra Kvitova is beginning the defence of her women's singles title in relatively comfortable fashion, leading Akgul Amanmuradova 4-3 in the second after winning the first 6-4.

2.28pm: Rain!

2.31pm: The covers are on and we're waiting for the roof to come on to Centre Court. I was just outside in the rain and it's only spitting for now. Let's hope it doesn't get any worse. Duh.

2.32pm: So as I stepped outside of the press centre to grab some lunch, shrieking Japanese fans suddenly descended upon the entrance, security guards having to make sure they couldn't get in. Nothing unusual there, I thought, I'm mobbed by an adoring public whenever I step out of my front door - only, believe it or not, the attention wasn't being poured on me but on victorious Kei Nishikori after his straight-sets win over Mikhail Kukushkin. Ushered inside, he did a television interview with a beaming Japanese man, before being rushed away. Alarmingly the exit was besieged by autograph-hunting Japanese fans - no way out and I wanted MA DINNER. Finally they were ushered away though, and all that was left were two female security guards, both chuckling about what had just occurred.

2.37pm: Word from the Met Office is that this will be but a passing shower. No, not Spain.

2.38pm: Did you know that the "Olympics" are happening soon? Here's some news about the USA's plans for the tennis at Wimbledon, via that there Twitter.

USTA names John Isner, Andy Roddick, Donald Young and Ryan Harrison in singles and Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan and John Isner/Andy Roddick in doubles for Olympics.

2.48pm: When play resumes, I'll be focusing mainly on the denoument of Johanna Konta's match against Christine McHale. They managed one game when they came out earlier and Konta held for an 8-7 lead in the third. As I type, they're putting the net back up on Court 17.

2.55pm: Petra Kvitova is through, but it was far from convincing against Akgul Amanmuradova from Wimbledon champion, whose reign may not last much longer if such slackness infects her game again. She was away with the fairies at the start, allowing the Uzbek to race into a 3-0 lead in the first set but a first-round defeat would have been no way for the champion to depart SW19, and she battled back to win 6-4, 6-4. Next up on Centre Court? It's only Rafa Nadal. What can IBM Slamtracker tell us about this? That Thomaz Bellucci has no chance needs to win 52% of rallies with two or fewer shots.

3.04pm: The rain, rain has gone away and will probably come back in five minutes, but for now the players are back out on court. Well done players! Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Lleyton Hewitt are locked on serve but the Frenchman is hammering away at the Australian and has just broken for a 5-3 lead in the first set, winning the game with a glorious forehand pass. Oh Australia.

3.08pm: "Ooo," winces the crowd as a Hewitt shot clangs off his racket and into an unwitting ballgirl. She's ok though. She's even smiling. They make them tough rond here. Tsonga is far too good for Hewitt and a delicate volley at the net seals the set. 6-3 to the Frenchman and it's a long way back for the Aussie veteran now. Champion here in 2002, out in the first round 10 years later? It's sadly looking that way at the moment. IBM Slamtracker tells me that Tsonga had one break point in that set and took it. Hewitt had two. He took neither.

3.14pm: Over on the BBC, Rafa Nadal has been asked who he beat on the way to his 2008 title, the first time he won here. The sort of thing you'd remember, right? Er, no. Embarrassment strikes as he screws up his face, shakes his head and tries to remember back four years before exclaiming "Shit!" on live television a full six hours before the watershed. He done a bad word! Red faces all round on the Beeb. That's it. Disqualify him. Disqualify him now.

3.19pm: A Mr R Federer emails in to say: "DISGRACEFUL! WHAT IF THERE WERE KIDS WATCHING? THROW RAFA OUT OF WIMBLEDON NOW. UNACCEPTABLE."

3.20pm: And now a Mr Andy M: "Frankly I am shocked and appalled. Let's kick Rafa out of Wimbledon." Wow, this has really snowballed.

3.24pm: Konta and McHale are back on Court 17. It's 8-7 to Konta on serve in the third...

3.28pm: McHale is taken to deuce on her serve but holds on. It's 8-8. Who's going to blink first? Now would be a good time for Konta to forget she's representing Britain.

3.32pm: Just like Djokovic against Ferrero yesterday, Nadal has been broken early on by Thomaz Bellucci, the Brazilian taking a 2-0 lead. If I don't sound very excited about this, it's because I think we all know it's not going to last. That said, Bellucci has started very well. Elsewhere Serena Williams is in control in her match, 3-1 up in the first set against Barbora Strycova.

3.38pm: In a fraught game, Konta saved three break points. She couldn't save four. McHale battles her way into a 9-8 lead and will serve for the match. The end is nigh. Or is it? She couldn't close it out yesterday. Will it be third time lucky?

3.41pm: Judy Murray will have to take solace in her son (presumably) winning this afternoon. Feliciano Lopez is out, beaten 7-6, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 by Jarko Niemenen. It doesn't sound like there were many break points in that match.

3.43pm: Is this really happening? Groans from Kevin Mitchell, sitting to my right, as a woeful forehand from Nadal flies off court and hands Bellucci a double-break. It's 4-0 to Bellucci in the first set. 4-0 against Rafael Nadal. Wow. Wow is the word.

3.46pm: "Watching Wimbledon on TV made me wonder: why does TV show tennis matches from the angle it usually does (i.e. the main camera behind one of the players, with the other player in the top half of the screen)?" asks Johan van Slooten. "It looks a bit unnatural to me. Why don't they do it like in football (and most other field sports), with the main camera positioned close to the net and both players on the left and right of your TV screen. Or would that be plain stupid? Do you know?" Yes. If you watch tennis from the side, you'll spend most of the time looking from left to right and back again as the ball goes back and forth.

3.46pm: It's all over for Johanna Konta and there can be no doubting her claims to be British now. She did indeed have two break points, two chances to break McHale, but she could take neither and has lost 6-7, 6-2, 10-8. A terrific scrap, but the favourite is through by the skin of her teeth. You have to feel for Konta, but she will be back.

3.48pm: Surprise, surprise, Nadal has one break back already. It's 4-1 to Bellucci with Nadal on serve. On Court Three, a potential opponent of Andy Murray, Kevin Anderson, has lost the first set 7-5 to the unseeded Grigor Dmitrov.

3.50pm: "Do you think maybe throwing an early break or two is Nadal's version of Inigo Montoya fencing left-handed?" says Matt Dony. "There's no sport, otherwise." What if Nadal played left-ha... Oh.

3.55pm: That was fun while it lasted. A volley into the net and just like that Bellucci's double-break is wiped out. Move aside, Rafa's arrived.

3.58pm: It's looking increasingly forlorn for Lleyton Hewitt, two sets down to Jo-Wilfriend Tsonga, who's showing no signs of any discomfort with the finger injury he suffered at Queen's. 6-4, 6-4 and this is most definitely not a day to remember for Australian tennis.

4.05pm: An all-German affair is being played out over on Court Three, where Phillip Kohlschreiber is taking on former world No2 and Virtua Tennis legend Tommy Hass. It's Hass who has the upper hand and leads by a set after winning the opener 6-3. Still on serve in the second.

4.10pm: Britain's James Ward lost the first set of his match 6-4 to Andujar of Spain, but he's going great guns in the second set, two breaks up and a 3-0 lead settling him down very nicely indeed thank you very much. Elena Baltacha is also in action against Karin Knapp over on Court 18. Not much to report on that one yet.

4.15pm: Having been 4-0 down in the first set, Rafael Nadal has taken Thomaz Bellucci to a tie-break.

4.19pm: Bellucci has gone. He's shot. A lame drop-shot barely reaches the net and Nadal is 6-0 up in the tie-break. At the moment Bellucci doesn't look like winning another point, let alone a game. Poor guy. When it goes, it goes fast.

4.21pm: A primal roar from Nadal indicates he has won the first-set tie-break without dropping a point. Did you ever doubt him?

4.22pm: Cor blimey. James Ward has won the second set of his match against Andujar 6-0! Rule Britannia.

4.30pm: Andujar has won a game! Hurrah hurrah for Andujar! "Re Rafa playing left-handed - isn't he naturally right-handed, but played left when Uncle Toni said so?" says Gary Naylor. "There are quite a few tennis players who are ambidextrous, but none quite as ambidextrous as Australian batsman David Warner or, of course, perhaps the most outrageously gifted ball sports player of them all - Ronnie O'Sullivan." Yep, he is right-handed.

4.40pm: Serena's done it the hard way,. She took her time finishing the job off against Barbora Strycova and was broken twice in the second set, once when she was serving for the match, but she wasn't to be denied and held on for 6-2, 6-4 victory. What a difference 24 hours makes in the Williams family. Venus is out, but Serena marches on.

4.44pm: Lleyton Hewitt's Wimbledon is over. Will there be another one for the former Wimbledon champion after a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 defeat to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Ten years after his only title here, he's out in the first round. Time catches up with us all. Yes, even this blog.

4.52pm: A stat courtesy of tennis correspondnet Simon Cambers: no Aussie men in the second round at Wimbledon for the first time since 1938. The moment of strewth for Australian tennis?

4.56pm: Rafa Nadal wins the second set 6-2 to take a two set lead over Thomaz Bellucci. It seems so long ago when Bellucci was 4-0 up in the first set. Different times, different times. Similarly James Ward is struggling in the third set of his match, the memory of winning the second set against Andujar 6-0 fading away. Sadly he's 5-3 down and the Spaniard is serving for the set. The No16 seed Marin Cilic has started badly in his match against Cedrik-Marcel Stebe and is 2-0 down.

5.01pm: Not a great few minutes for the Brits. That, by the way, is a line we've got stored away in the live blog archive for repeated copy-and-paste usage. Anyway James Ward has lost the third set to Andujar 6-3 and trails 2-1 in sets while Elena Baltacha, who broke first in her match, has lost the first set 6-4 to Karin Knapp. I didn't catch any of it but Simon Cambers was and he was making some very aggrieved noises towards the end of it. Six double faults and 22 unforced errors according to the IBM Slamtracker might have been why.

5.13pm: Some very interesting quotes from Bernard Tomic.

I think to have talent is one thing. The last few months I have been casually sort of working. I have sort of slacked off a little bit and look what it's costing me. Last eight, nine weeks I'm losing a lot of first and second round matches. So it's not my quality of tennis. I should be getting to a lot of semi-finals and finals at tournaments or even winning, but lack of concentration, not working hard, it costs you. On the way up, I have been growing up and everything's got easy. Now you let the foot off the pedal and it's costing you. It's something I'll learn. I'll wake up and get back to the way I was playing. "

5.18pm: More from Tomic, this time on losing his temper and taking his frustration out on his racket. "I don't usually do that. It's a mental skill. It's a skill you need to have. Look at the guys in the top three, mentally they're the most strong. I'm still young but I need to find it eventualy."

5.20pm: Drama on Court 18 as Karin Knapp takes a medical time-out after an injury suffered when a Baltacha forehand - to break for a 2-1 lead in the second set - that wrongfooted her causted the Italian to slip and pull a muscle.

5.23pm: With Rafa Nadal running away with his match against Thomaz Bellucci, soon Andy Murray Esq. will be on Centre Court for his match against Nikolay Davydenko, the hopes of a nation resting on his shoulders. No pressure, yeah? You can follow that match here with Katy Murrells as soon as Nadal has wrapped his match up.

5.25pm: "Very interesting quotes, but also brilliantly honest quotes," says George Solomon of Bernard Tomic. "Big respect to the guy for coming out and admitting that. Would have been easy for him, as a young man, to mumble his way out of that press conference in a petulant way. Fair play to him." I have four pages of Tomic quotes in front of me. It's quite the tell-all.

5.28pm: How confident is Lleyton Hewitt that he'll be back here next year? "I don't know," says he. "At the moment I've been focusing on getting back this year, doing everything right with my foot and rehab. I'm proud of myself because of what I've been able to do, all the hard work it's taken to get here. I'd like to be back here, absolutely, but we'll have to wait and see."

Asked about a decline in standards in Australian tennis, he said: "Obviously the boys didn't have the best day today. Who knows? The three guys that played today, we could have beaten a lot of guys that are still going in the tournament."

And if he could go back in time and play any tennis player in history? "Rochey [Tony Roche]. Just because we'd have fun on the court."

5.32pm: Ward-Andujar is going the distance, the Brit taking the fourth set 6-3 after the Spaniard's measly drop-shot plops into the net. Well done that man! Elsewhere DelPo is in control the Dutchman Robin Hasse, with the score at 6-4, 2-2, Viktoria Azarenka is romping away with it against Irina Falconi and Kevin Anderson is battling to stay in his match against Grigor Dmitrov. He's two sets down and it's 5-5 in the third. Marcos Baghdatis is also two sets up against Spain's Albert Montanes.

5.40pm: Thanks to Rafa for making his match momentarily interesting. He had an early scare against Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci, going down 4-0 in the first set only to take it on a tie-break, as you suspected he might. That was that. Fun over for the day, he closed it out in emphatic fashion, winning 7-6, 6-2, 6-3. Next up on Centre, it's only Andy Murray v Nikolay Davydenko.

5.56pm: Contrasting fortunes for two British players: while Elena Baltacha has wrapped up the second set 6-4 against Karin Knapp, struggling with her fitness, James Ward is 3-0 down to Pablo Andujar in the fifth and final set. Baltacha will fancy her chances of going through, Ward less so.

6.02pm: Now Baltacha is having a medical time-out. Two fine athletes on show here.

6.03pm: Juan Martin del Potro strolled to the first set against Robin Hasse, but the Dutchman has fought back to win the second set 6-3. Del Potro's had a terrible time of it since winning the US Open in 2009. That's such a shame, because the big man is a big talent.

6.09pm: "Come on!" roars James Ward, and with good reason: he's broken Pablo Andujar in the fifth set and they're back on serve. The Brits really are putting us through the mill with their matches, aren't they?

6.12pm: Davydenko looks a bit like Atillio Lombardo. That is all. As for actual tennis, Del Potro is now a break down in the third set against Hasse.

6.14pm: Viktoria Azarenka, the second seed, has beaten Irina Falconi 6-1, 6-4 in a match about as one-sided as they come. So Jamie Baker is next up on Court One, his opponent the three-time finalist and all-round wit Andy Roddick.

6.18pm: Wonderful reaction from Ward at the net to re-adjust his body and put away a volley after the netcord had changed the course of an Andujar shot on break point! He has to face another, and Andujar goes a little loco when his forehand is called wide. He can't believe it. Looked out to my eagle eye (note, I do not actually have an "eagle eye", it is an "expression"). I gets worse for the Spaniard because he's down flat on his face after Ward wrapped up the game to make it 3-3 in the fifth. His feet gave way from underneth him and Dr Steinberg MD wonders if he tweaked his ankle?

6.22pm: Britain. What a glorious tennis nation. Andy Murray is knocking Davydenko all over Centre Court and Elena Baltacha is 4-0 up in the third set against Karin Knapp. NOTHING CAN GO WRONG FROM HERE.

6.24pm: Brilliance from Ward who breaks to love to lead 4-3 in the fifth set. What a fightback! He's won four games in a row! NOTHING CAN GO WRONG FROM HERE.

6.25pm: That should be that for Baltacha: she'll now serve for the set at 5-0, Knapp having completely collapsed in the third set.

6.29pm: A marvellous forehand winner and that's Elena Baltacha through to the second round after a 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 victory over Karin Knapp! That's only the second British win so far but - all together now - WHAT A GLORIOUS TENNIS NATION WE ARE!!! She's in tears on the side of the court as she shares a jubilant hug with Judy Murray, who's presumably told her that she's also got a wild card to the Olympics. Days don't get much better than this, do they.

6.34pm: He's done it! James Ward has done it! The British No2 and world No173 has beaten world No36 Pablo Andujar 4-6, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the second round for the first time at Wimbledon! What a performance. He was 3-0 down in the fifth and final set and came back to astonishingly win six games in a row, Andujar's evening summed up by double-faulting on match point. Ward's reward? He plays Mardy Fish next. That's three whole British wins now and Andy Murray is looking good to make it four against Nikolay Davydenko, who he leads 6-1, 3-0. Can Jamie Baker make it five? His match against Andy Roddick on Court One has just got underway.